Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Suffolk Coastal | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Suffolk Coastal in Suffolk. |
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 Location of Suffolk within England. |
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| County | Suffolk |
| Electorate | 76,932 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Felixstowe |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Therese Coffey (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Sudbury & Woodbridge, and Lowestoft |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Suffolk Coastal is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
This East Anglian constituency was created in 1983.
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[edit] History
This Conservative seat was held from its creation until the 2010 election by the high-profile Conservative John Gummer, who had previously represented the former seat of Eye from 1979. The current MP is the Conservative Therese Coffey.
[edit] Boundaries
Suffolk Coastal was created from parts of the earlier Sudbury and Woodbridge and Lowestoft constituencies. The main town of the constituency is Felixstowe.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Suffolk, the Boundary Commission for England in 2007 recommended minor alterations to the existing constituency arrangement, which took effect for the first time in 2010. The constituency consists of the following electoral wards from Suffolk Coastal District Council:
- Aldeburgh; Farlingaye; Felixstowe East; Felixstowe North; Felixstowe South; Forrest Heath; Felixstowe South East; Mildenhall; Felixstowe West; Hollesley with Eyke; Kyson; Leiston; Martlesham; Melton and Ufford; Nacton; Newmarket; Orford and Tunstall; Peasenhall; Rendlesham; Riverside; Saxmundham; Seckford; Snape; Sutton; Trimleys with Kirton; Walberswick and Wenhaston; Yoxford
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | John Gummer | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Therese Coffey | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Suffolk Coastal[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Therese Coffey | 25,475 | 46.4 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Daisy Cooper | 16,347 | 29.8 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Adam Leeder | 8,812 | 16.1 | -10.1 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Bush | 3,156 | 5.7 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Rachel Fulcher | 1,103 | 2.0 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 9,128 | 16.6 | -1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 54,893 | 71.2 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Suffolk Coastal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Gummer | 23,415 | 44.6 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | David Rowe | 13,730 | 26.1 | -8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Young | 11,637 | 22.1 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Richard Curtis | 2,020 | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Paul Whitlow | 1,755 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,685 | 18.4 | +9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 52,557 | 67.9 | +2.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Suffolk Coastal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Gummer | 21,847 | 43.3 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Nigel Gardner | 17,521 | 34.8 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tony Schur | 9,192 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
| UKIP | Michael Burn | 1,847 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,326 | 8.5 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 50,407 | 65.6 | -10.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Suffolk Coastal | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Gummer | 21,696 | 38.6 | −15.0 | |
| Labour | Mark Campbell | 18,442 | 32.8 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alexandra Jones | 12,036 | 21.4 | −2.4 | |
| Referendum Party | S Caulfield | 3,416 | 6.1 | ||
| Green | T Slade | 514 | 0.9 | −0.6 | |
| Natural Law | F Kaplan | 152 | 0.3 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 3,254 | 5.8 | −24.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,256 | 75.8 | −5.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −12.0 | |||
| General Election 1992: Suffolk Coastal[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Gummer | 34,680 | 53.6 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | PD Monk | 15,395 | 23.8 | −6.0 | |
| Labour | TE Hodgson | 13,508 | 20.9 | +8.1 | |
| Green | AC Slade | 943 | 1.5 | −0.3 | |
| Natural Law | Ms. FB Kaplan | 232 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 19,285 | 29.8 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 64,758 | 81.6 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/suffolkcoastal
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
